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Originally Posted by Aces4
What a joke, dump your money on your heirs so they can live the good life while the rest of the population pays for your fanny. I think to stop this practice, which has been going on for a long time, long term care should be beds in wards, shared public bathrooms and very, very basic care including the food. How about your kids take you in, provide the care and you pay them? That would be far more equitable for the American people.
I have watched so many couples dump their money to the kids to live off the public coffers. Talk about a travesty...  |
I have always thought along your same line of thinking, thought I must be the only one who thinks it strange that people would NOT want to pay for the care they receive (from any provider actually), yet find it morally sound to try to hide, or "get rid of" assets they have worked for all their lives and saved for the 'what if's", what IF I have to have nursing home care, etc. ? When people divest themselves of assets, surely SOMEONE has to pay the people who work in nursing homes ? If the people receiving care have money but don't want to pay, who then pays ? ? Isn't that similar to going to the doctor and needing heart surgery to save your life, but after the surgery you don't want to pay the surgeon for services rendered ? I can't help but think somehow, some body, must pay to build and staff nursing facilities !